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Wednesday, May 18, 2011

The Shogunate

FFG just announced today a set of new Tannhauser expansions to further deplete my daughter’s college fund. These new expansion are very special as the are the tip of a new faction called the Shogunate. This is a Japanese faction, combining elements of World War II Japan, with the feel of the post “Warring States” era.

There’s much much more after the jump…

The first two expansions are “Iroh” a Shogunate hero pack and a Shogunate Trooper pack. Also part of the new announcement was the new Allied Forces rules allow the Reich and Shogunate or the Union and the Matriarchy to combine forces.

And now on to some speculation about how many Shogunate releases we may see this year. A while back I posted this list on the Tannhauser forums. It shows all of the item numbers for the current releases, and it also shows us the SIX item jump from TH14 to TH21.

Tannhauser Core Set

TH01

Wolf

TH02

Yula

TH03

Rameirez

TH04

Gorgei

TH05

Operation Novgorod

TH06

Deadalus

TH07

Union Troop Pack

TH08

Reich Troop Pack

TH09

Oksana

TH10

Hoax

TH11

Hoss

TH12

Asteros

TH13

Revised Rule Book

TH14

Equipment Cards

TH21

Now why am I bringing this up again? Because the new Shogunate Troop Pack is item TH15; filling in one of the missing items, but Iroh the hero is item TH24. That actually creates another TWO item gap. So, will we be seeing SEVEN new Tannhauser items in the near future? I don’t know but for some more speculation you can check out this previous post: Rampant Speculation and Failed Intelligence.

Well I leave you now with some pictures of the new characters, be sure to check out the above links for more info.